Councillors suspect cover-up over porn found on computer

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Paul Flowers was allowed to remain as chairman of governors of a primary
school for two years after he resigned from a council for secretly using
pornography on a local authority-provided computer.

He pretended that his reason for quitting and forcing a by-election was the
burden of his work as chairman of the Co-operative Bank.

Labour has been accused of keeping the scandal secret. A senior member of
Bradford council, with the powerful culture portfolio, Mr Flowers often
boasted about his access to Downing Street when Labour was in power.